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City Told It Should Make No Law Affecting Church, Secretly

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Jeff Bruette rents a warehouse in Middletown, Del. and he wasn’t thrilled when town fathers voted to allow two churches to operate in the same building. He asked for the meeting minutes but was told it all happened in executive session and those minutes were not public record. Bruette took his case to the Attorney General’s Office in a thoroughly researched complaint – and won. City hall has been told to turn over the records and admonished on closed meetings. (9/2/05)

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